The Hockey Nuts Podcast, Season 2, Episode 37 is live!

Coming up on this episode of the Hockey Nuts, Steve and I get you caught up with all of the news of the past week around the hockey world. The NHL playoffs are well into the Conference Finals. Steve and I will get you caught up with everything that has happened in both series. We’ll have the details of all this plus the Minor League Hockey Minute, The International hockey minute and our picks of the week

Mark Barberiosigned a two-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. Cap Friendly says 2yr, $2.9M total. The 28-year-old defenseman could have been an unrestricted free agent July 1. He matched an NHL personal high with 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) this season despite missing 36 games with an upper-body injury. He had one assist and averaged 22:18 of ice time in Colorado’s six-game loss to the Nashville Predators in the Western Conference First Round.

Kyle Dubas was named general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, replacing Lou Lamoriello, who left the position April 30 to shift into a role as senior adviser. Dubas, 32, becomes the second-youngest GM in the NHL; Arizona Coyotes GM John Chayka is 28. Dubas was assistant general manager since being hired by Toronto on July 22, 2014. https://www.nhl.com/news/kyle-dubas-named-general-manager-of-toronto/c-298564704

Washington Capitals defenseman Michal Kempnyhas been fined $2,419.35, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for cross-checking Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final in Tampa on Sunday, May 13, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced on 5/14. The incident occurred at 6:55 of the third period. Kempny was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking.

Other Interesting Stories:

Clare Drake, the winningest coach in Canadian college hockey history and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, died Sunday. He was 89. Clare Drake, the winningest coach in Canadian college hockey history and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, died Sunday. He was 89. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November.

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